The Company Secretary acts as secretary to the board and its committees and he attended all meetings during the year under review.
General Counsel and Group Company Secretary, SABMiller plc
John Davidson (49) MA, BCL (Oxon)
John Davidson joined the group as General Counsel and Group Company Secretary in 2006. Before joining the group, he spent his entire legal career at Lovells, a leading international law firm, where he had been a partner since 1991. He has worked on numerous projects for SABMiller since Lovells was first appointed as the group’s principal UK legal adviser in 1998, including the London listing in 1999, the Miller, Peroni and Bavaria Group transactions, and various bond and equity financings.